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Krokoseum and daycare centres closed on 10 February 2026!

The Francke Foundations support the call by the ver.di trade union for a participation strike as part of the current collective bargaining negotiations on the TV-L.

Book adoptions

Restoration proposal 1 Francke, August Hermann: Glauchisches Gedenck-Büchlein, Oder Einfältiger Unterricht Für die Christliche Gemeinde zu Glaucha an Halle, Die Heiligung der Sonn- Fest- Apostel- Buß- und Bet-Tage, Wie auch Die Fasten-Zeit ... betreffend. Leipzig und Halle, 1693. Signature: BFSt: 22 F 19 Description When he took office in 1692, A. H. Francke found terrible conditions in…

Halle und Züllichau als Pietismus- und Bildungszentren in Brandenburg-Preußen (18.-20. Jahrhundert)

Following the example in Halle, an orphanage was founded in Züllichau/Sulechów in 1719 by the needler Sigismund Steinbart (1677-1739), with schools and a publishing bookstore. Like the Hallesche orphanage, the orphanage was granted a privilege by the Prussian king. Within the framework of the project, the student and teacher registers of the schools in Züllichau and Halle was recorded…

Editon of Martin Opitz's Epistle Hymns

Martin Opitz: Die Episteln Der Sontage vnd fürnemsten Feste des gantzen Jahrs […] (1628). Scientific edition commissioned by the Francke Foundations, edited by Irmgard Scheitler and Hans-Otto Korth. Martin Opitz: Die Episteln Der Sontage vnd fürnemsten Feste des gantzen Jahrs […] (1628). Scientific edition commissioned by the Francke Foundations, edited by Irmgard Scheitler and Hans-Otto…

History of the Archives

The major part of the holdings originates from the heyday of Halle Pietism in the first half of the eighteenth century. Manuscripts, documents, materials and records linked to the eventful history of the Francke Foundations represent yet another major component of the Archive. Initially, the individual institutes owned their own foundation registries and archives. The holdings were subdivided…

History of the library

Exhibition Would you like to visit the Library Hall Kulissenbibliothek? Then please come and see it! Find out more on our exhibition page. The first traces of the Library date from 1698, the founding year of the Francke Foundations. In his 1709 account of the origins of the Foundations August Hermann Francke reported about book donations and his wish “that hopefully, in time, a good…